Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02

&&WkAfy 49, 1850
Meany and viii be cosiecte'
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sonE PzoeaEss-
aeasns,s adem1y GFewfh sn1 enwnr
mnFeh q Prosperity.
Wills zoe pass ysas has nos bsen y
snafksbis one 20 far e tns RSesth
chs ouaea City Il eenesrns&. yet %
progress has ben upsasd and osSaEl
ana TIE growth substantial snd hsaish,
Al bEabehsa Of basinsss hsss pso'
persd, and "a il q pFosd hoaat thai 10
city ef 1900 DspalatiOB, shsfe has %
besn 8 aIngis buslnsss fsiiars 10 q
past twsiys months.
nav BgTzDINas.
A greet mAny new baildines hasI
haea aensrnstsd. sn0ne which nigh
Be nnansiensd she 6sarr BIosk. . 30
siory brick DulIdirg With 3 frostags q
Fsonf street 0f ~ feet, AIIiaR the eal
bstNeer ne Yerisf-Lsary block and v
r. Dog = > AAttAtAAN
1bs Dearborn baildine, 4 sso steFl
bfisk "a ths eornef Of Commercial an<
Sseksop streets.
Toe 0Tscs Hospital bnildina. sov
completed, hhd feaoy TOT oocapancT q
coon - tbs inEnituse ARRIVES.
The iknadfY and other baildiaas y
connection with PfDyIdence Hospital
which cost several thousand dollars.
The Hophins block on Front street,
larRs lhrss story wooden atfuctaIes "a
bassuenf OF Which i oeeuplsd b. -.
seattle Eleotrie Light OJmpany, aps
tbs Ice f45t0rY buiiding 10 The saaf.
The Torn Versia Hall, on 1eHefsor
and South FonFth streets. tu0 etogJ
bnIIdinq Of immsnse proportions.
Tbs ChildreR's Home. near LAX
Unien, & large, handsome wooden atrnc
sure, admiFabiy adapled 10 the sas fsl
Which u Was baiit.
Among the many costly and hand
aoue seaidencas bnilt during the yaAl
irst closed we villa mention the ~. ,
Cagksek house, % M4dlson street; ia
VI, "a. Taylor aDd W. X. IhoEneil resi
daneea, on Madison slreei; the A. y
HanfoFd and Thomas w. Rfoseh RESI-
denees GA Ninth sirset; he q. b BAala'
honss IN Msrosr's addition; tbs +. Mare
ana "A. q. 1hornton reeldenoes q
Eighth street.; The Ffank Byrd houae q
Weller atresI; Adam OFfh's resideno
on jackson etxeet, and the DE-. J. q
0faaso hoass on Ffoat and Pine streets
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.
Bat llssls has been done in he 20,
Of FnilEoad baildioe. except IN ~
water front, ownsd BY ths Oolu = bra ant
Puoet Bound Coapany. Ths fToutagl
from ths shore % the CITY Dook ha
been tIauked over. and the tracks en-
tapdsd % tue City Dockj the depot bal
been moved from B0ath second street Il
the foot OF Main street, amd 8 shof
apur has been built from . poiHt 90 tn
lIne Of tne road ~ Lake Washington, 4
supply The pauqp works Of ths bprini
Hill water OOmpany WITH fuel.
sTRKKT nxPnoyKMENTa.
In she vay Of street impsovsnents
the CITY haa dGue oOEslderable. Sewers
mes stfeets has bean opsnsd, and oon
siderable plankinR has bean done. 40,
sidewalks built. The largest iob, how
ever, Was she bridging and building o
q plank road on GrAni street, extendinl
from point near the gas works 20 -
head OF the bay. Ehis work ooss in ID
naiRhboFhood Of t26.0 COO. and will prov
q great bsneht 10 the oIty, ~ yell as
oousaniencs OF she farmers in Abe white
Dnwamish, Black river aud Green rive
valls,a, uho have occasion % oome 3
toWn frequently with their wagons. Be
sides This Il affords q pleasant drive 90
Of the ciIy, a luxury ge have never Be
fore eBioyed.
THE sKArrLE STREET RAILWAY.
This company began baildine les roa.
10 1884, aud have laid q miles of track
extending from Main street. north b,
Commercial and Second street 20 Pike
where the road forks, one line runnin.
down 20 Front, and north on FF0n
street 10 toe kianeaF addition, and co.
other wxst an Pike street TO Eighth, ana
from there through the Poniius tract 4
Like Unien. II. II. Oseood IL Prsat
dent and general manager Of the oon
pasy. The company rocontiy par
chased the Pinkham pfOpeKtv, Suurtnes
lots, on The shore Of Lake Uaies
which vii be ftted up a. q pablii
garden. II viii Ne provided with bail
hoasse. boat housee. dancing platform
and ilttea Up a. general pleasure n
sort. II vii be thnrouehly FeapacsAble
no liquors being allowed % the erouud,
Tue company h new naafing 90
change Of Its motiye power, from hors
60 electricity, and hopa 70 pc, feet ar
Fangsments for the ehaRRe by midanm
mer. Khe road "a doing . Rsod bnai
mesa, IL = greet eoavenianee, aad "a
prospects ahsad are very bright
Tnz nTia LAxE CANAL
Last apring the Washington Imuroxe
ment Company reoFRanized, aud lee
oontfAea for she construction Of 4 cana
and locks 10 eennect the waters Of La
Nasbinaton and LAke uniou, aud ~
york has eeen Ia progress all sumnel
fall and winter. An average Of fort
nen and several teams have been etn
ploged. and the company con adenti
expect thst By mid sammeF steamer
viii run through this canal from 90
lake 90 the other. Tue advantages 8
be derived from this canal are veF,
great, both % the city and % the fas
meFa gesiaine 90 the shores % beth %
lakss and in eqnak valley, 80 10 opess
steamboat roata ffotn the richest Dor
tioua of the ceuteF az the county % 10
very doors Of esatile. IL fec years
h txpeeted thas the Uniled States SOS
efnment viii taae charge % this cana
widen and deepsn ID for the laraes
GLASS ef vnaaeiR ard establish q nav
yard and Bavai station on she shores o
Lake Washington.
xz0Rra AND wArxR.
Ia 1872 the Seattle Gas Light Gonna
ny erected voEka in seattle. The pFicl
Of gas 81 hfsl vas 81 per thou aud fses
TIE psios haa been Eeduosd frosa lim,
TO time natn toe pFeeens, when %.
plics 3 ~ per theasAnd 70 aman con
sameTs and less 30 LANCER eaes. Darn,
the paAt year the Gas Ccmpany has pa
In an eleotrle heht piAai, and fasnishss
arc lights 70 those prefefrine theu, q
reasonable h1areA Another ccrpoF
alton. she Seattle Eleetric Liaht Coaa
pany. pat IN = plani last samner an.
furnish The sdesosnt lights al YER
reasonable raiss. and Alas are lieAts
where aeSifeA. The csty i Abanaansl,
sapgiied sith sood AnA ehsap lishts.
the epfina HUI Wafer CaSnpAny be
sxtendeo ia maina down tnFoesA Mort
seattle and other poFtioas u Toe eity
and manY IRE pluss have ASen uddsd
1he company has Aiso oAas Essd pre-
eFess IL tue excavation OF "a iusmaoS
reservoir 10 hoga ave uailllun gAlicas o
water, AZ TIE hishest poiat BET wres
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